In this webinar, together with IHS Academic Director, Prof. Dr Dr Lasse Gerrits, we will explore how the meaning of urban development has changed over the years and what skills and knowledge urban professionals need nowadays.
Cities today are shaped by forces that increasingly transcend traditional notions of urban development. Climate change, geopolitical shifts, technological transformation, growing inequalities, and evolving forms of governance are creating new challenges and opportunities for urban areas across the globe. As a result, the way we think about urban futures, and about educating the professionals who shape them, is changing as well.
In this online conversation, we will explore why the IHS long-standing MSc programme Urban Management and Development is evolving into Global Urban Change. Rather than focusing solely on the programme's new name, the session will examine the broader shifts taking place in urban studies and practice, and what these mean for cities, urban professionals and education.
Through a discussion with Prof. Dr Dr Lasse Gerrits, the session will unpack questions such as:
- How have urban challenges changed over the past decades?
- Why is the concept of "global urban change" increasingly relevant today?
- What knowledge and skills do future urban professionals need?
- How does this shift influence the way IHS approaches education and research?
- What remains at the core of the IHS mission, and what is evolving?
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